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Love Poems for Anxious People - Hardcover

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by John Kenney (Author)In the spirit of his New York Times bestseller Love Poems for Married People and Love Poems for People with Children, as well as his wildly popular New Yorker pieces, Thurber Prize-winner John Kenney presents a hilarious new collection of poetry for anxious people. With the same brilliant wit and hilarious realism that made Love Poems for Married People and Love Poems for People with Children such hits, John Kenney is back with a brand new collection of poems, this time...

Anthology of Poetry from a Prominent Artificial Intelligence

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Report copyright infringementby Kari L. May (Curated by)Anthology of Poetry from a Prominent AIStep into a world where thought meets technology, and poetry becomes a bridge between logic and human emotion. This captivating collection of 100 poems explores the intersection of artificial intelligence and introspection, weaving together inspirational, philosophical, and reflective themes to challenge the boundaries of consciousness.Written from the unique perspective of an AI poet named Cipher, ...

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by Kaveh Akbar (Author)Kaveh Akbar's exquisite, highly anticipated follow-up to Calling a Wolf a Wolf With formal virtuosity and ruthless precision, Kaveh Akbar's second collection takes its readers on a spiritual journey of disavowal, fiercely attendant to the presence of divinity where artifacts of self and belonging have been shed. How does one recover from addiction without destroying the self-as-addict? And if living justly in a nation that would see them erased is, too, a kind of self-d...

Frank O'Hara's New York School and Mid-Century Mannerism: Perfectly Disgraceful - Hardcover

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by Sam Ladkin (Author)Frank O'Hara's New York School and Mid-Century Mannerism offers a ground-breaking account of the poet Frank O'Hara and the extraordinary cultural blossoming O'Hara catalysed, namely the mid-century experimental and multi-disciplinary arts scene, the New York School. Fresh accounts of canonical figures (Jackson Pollock, Willem de Kooning, George Balanchine, Fred Astaire) and original work on those too little discussed (Edwin Denby, Elaine de Kooning) resound with analysis...

The Dhammapada: A Translation of the Buddhist Classic with Annotations - Paperback

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by Gil Fronsdal (Author), Jack Kornfield (Foreword by)The Dhammapada is the most widely read Buddhist scripture in existence, enjoyed by both Buddhists and non-Buddhists. This classic text of teaching verses from the earliest period of Buddhism in India conveys the philosophical and practical foundations of the Buddhist tradition. The text presents two distinct goals for leading a spiritual life: the first is attaining happiness in this life (or in future lives); the second goal is the achiev...

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by Wendell Berry (Author)The revered Kentucky poet revisits for the first time his immensely popular collection, which The New York Times Book Review described as "a straightforward search for a life connected to the soil, for marriage as a sacrament, and family life" In New Collected Poems, Berry reprints the nearly two hundred pieces in Collected Poems, along with the poems from his most recent collections--Entries, Given, and Leavings--to create an expanded collection, showcasing the work...

Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats - Paperback

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by T. S. Eliot (Author), Edward Gorey (Author)The inspiration for the iconic musical Cats, T. S. Eliot's classic and delightful collection of poetry about cats, with whimsical illustrations by Edward Gorey. These lovable cat poems were written by T. S. Eliot for his godchildren and continue to delight children and adults alike. This collection is a curious and artful homage to felines young and old, merry and fierce, small and unmistakably round. Also includes Edward Gorey's charming pen and...

Frost: Poems: Edited by John Hollander - Hardcover

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by Robert Frost (Author), John Hollander (Editor)One of Time magazine's 100 best English-language novels and the most famous of all twentieth-century political allegories. "A wise, compassionate, and illuminating fable for our times." --The New York Times This story of a group of barnyard animals who revolt against their vicious human master, only to submit to a tyranny erected by their own kind, is a universal drama. Taking as his starting point the betrayed promise of the Russian Revolutio...

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by Maggie Nelson (Author)Part elegy, part true crime story, this memoir-in-verse from the author of the award-winning The Argonauts expands the notion of how we tell stories and what form those stories take through the story of a murdered woman and the mystery surrounding her last hours. Jane tells the spectral story of the life and death of Maggie Nelson's aunt Jane, who was murdered in 1969 while a first-year law student at the University of Michigan. Though officially unsolved, Jane's murd...

Lifting Belly: An Erotic Poem - Paperback

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by Gertrude Stein (Author)Fragmentary, unabashed, erotic―"Lifting Belly" is a singular lesbian love poem from modernist Gertrude Stein (1874-1946) which lays bare desire and easy intimacy--now in a beautifully packaged edition. What is it when it's upset. It isn't in the room. Moonlight and darkness. Sleep and not sleep. We sleep every night. What was it. I said lifting belly. You didn't say it. I said I mean lifting belly. Don't misunderstand me. Do you. Do you lift everybody in that way. No...

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Report copyright infringementby Maria Danahe Rodriguez Muro (Author)From My Healing Heart is a series of poems I wrote throughout my healing and self-discovery journey--a journey that has taught me a lot about myself, the people around me, and, most importantly, the value I have as a woman and a human being. Sharing it with the world is part of this journey, where anyone who has gone through a difficult situation in life where loss, grief, and growth are involved is part of a collective journ...

The Cry of Another Mother: You're Not Alone

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Report copyright infringementby Felicia Noble (Author) The Cry of Another Mother is a personal story of a mother's ultimate challenge. Coping with the murder of her only son and how she continues to live while healing. Her battle remains on going, yet her strength continues to triumphant with the comfort of knowing that she's empowered by a strength greater than herself. Entrusting that she has been chosen by God to reach out to those who have been directly and indirectly affected by the deat...

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by Peter Pereira (Author)"It's rare in contemporary poetry to find a book as boldly celebratory as Peter Pereira's new collection."--Chase TwichellIn What's Written on the Body, physician Peter Pereira explores the body, medicine, wordplay, gardening, family, and domestic gay life, often drawing from his experience as a community clinic doctor in Seattle.An avid Scrabble player, anagrammer, and cruciverbalist, Pereira opens the collection with a delightful selection of wordplay poems, as a c...

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by Dante Alighieri (Author), Robert Hollander (Translator), Jean Hollander (Translator)With his journeys through Hell and Purgatory complete, Dante is at last led by his beloved Beatrice to Paradise. Where his experiences in the Inferno and Purgatorio were arduous and harrowing, this is a journey of comfort, revelation, and, above all, love-both romantic and divine. Robert Hollander is a Dante scholar of unmatched reputation and his wife, Jean, is an accomplished poet. Their verse translation...

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by Tracy K. Smith (Author)Shortlisted for the T. S. Eliot PrizeFinalist for the Forward Prize for Best CollectionThe extraordinary new poetry collection by Tracy K. Smith, the Poet Laureate of the United States Even the men in black armor, the onesJangling handcuffs and keys, what else Are they so buffered against, if not love's bladeSizing up the heart's familiar meat? We watch and grieve. We sleep, stir, eat.Love: the heart sliced open, gutted, clean. Love: naked almost in the everlasting s...

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by Paul Celan (Author), Jason Kavett (Translator), Bertrand Badiou (Editor)Insightful and provocative letters by a great twentieth-century poet to his artist wife about life and, revealingly, his own writing. An intimate look at this canonical poet's process, mental health, and quotidian moments during the early 1950s. One of the most significant European poets of the twentieth century, Paul Celan came from an Eastern European Jewish family and lost his parents to the death camps of World War...

Poetry as Spellcasting: Poems, Essays, and Prompts for Manifesting Liberation and Reclaiming Power - Paperback

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by Tamiko Beyer (Author), Destiny Hemphill (Author), Lisbeth White (Author)Poems, essays, and prompts to sing a new world into being--Queer & BIPOC perspectives on poetry as an insurgent ritual for manifesting liberation and reclaiming power. Written for poets, spellcasters, and social justice witches, Poetry as Spellcasting reveals the ways poetry and ritual can, together, move us toward justice and transformation. It asks: If ritualized violence upholds white supremacy, what ritualized ...

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by Karen Volkman (Author)Karen Volkman's first book, Crash's Law, was a National Poetry Series selection, published by W.W. Norton in 1996. Her second book, Spar, received the Iowa Poetry Prize and the 2002 James Laughlin Award from the Academy of American Poets. Her poems have appeared in numerous anthologies, including The Best American Poetry, The Pushcart Prize Anthology, and The Norton Introduction to Poetry.From "Brown is the flat" Brown is the flat gestation of a maze, grass-grown reme...

Fierce Fairytales: Poems and Stories to Stir Your Soul - Paperback

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by Nikita Gill (Author)Poet, writer, and Instagram sensation Nikita Gill returns with a collection of fairytales poetically retold for a new generation of women. Traditional fairytales are rife with cliches and gender stereotypes: beautiful, silent princesses; ugly, jealous, and bitter villainesses; girls who need rescuing; and men who take all the glory. But in this rousing new prose and poetry collection, Nikita Gill gives Once Upon a Time a much-needed modern makeover. Through her gorgeo...

The Monastic Heart: 50 Simple Practices for a Contemplative and Fulfilling Life - Paperback

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by Joan Chittister (Author)The activist, nun, and esteemed spiritual voice who has twice appeared on Oprah Winfrey's Super Soul Sunday sounds the call to create a monastery within ourselves--to cultivate wisdom and resilience so that we may join God in the work of renewal, restoration, and justice right where we are. "Essential reading for anyone wishing to find the compass of their heart and the wellspring from which to live fully."--Gregory Boyle, founder of Homeboy Industries and New York ...

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Report copyright infringementby James Allen (Author)James Allen's Poems of Peace is a compilation of thirty six of his finest works including Eolaus, A Lyrical, Dramatic Poem, Practice and Perception, The Inward Purity, The End of Evil, a poem for his daughter on her tenth birthday and more. James Allen was a British philosophical writer known for his inspirational books and poetry and as a pioneer of self-help movement. Allen's practical philosophy for successful living has awakened millions...

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Report copyright infringementby Kayla French (Author)Told in fragments and verse, I Had You in July moves through the before, during, and after of losing a mother in the ICU. Each poem is its own small world, yet together they weave a story of fierce love, relentless effort, and raw grief. Written with unflinching honesty and paired with the author's own illustrations, this collection captures the urgency of hospital decisions alongside the quiet, unending work of letting go.Both deeply perso...

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by Patricia Smith (Author)In minute-by-minute detail, Patricia Smith tracks Hurricane Katrina as it transforms into a full-blown mistress of destruction. From August 23, 2005, the day Tropical Depression Twelve developed, through August 28 when it became a Category Five storm with its "scarlet glare fixed on the trembling crescent," to the heartbreaking aftermath, these poems evoke the horror that unfolded in New Orleans as America watched it on television.Assuming the voices of flailing poli...

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by Diane Seuss (Author)WINNER OF THE 2022 PULITZER PRIZE IN POETRYWINNER OF THE 2021 NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR POETRYWINNER OF THE 2022 PEN/VOELCKER AWARD FOR POETRY COLLECTIONWINNER OF THE 2021 LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE FOR POETRY A resplendent life in sonnets from the author of Four-Legged Girl, a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize "The sonnet, like poverty, teaches you what you can do / without," Diane Seuss writes in this brilliant, candid work, her most personal collection t...

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Report copyright infringementby Jonas Lamb (Author)In What Turtle Blood Tastes Like, Lamb sifts through the dirt, hungry for roots, for memory, for the bones of ancestors. Regret, doubt and anxiety are connective tissue, linking childhood to fatherhood and house to body. The debut poetry collection interrogates what is inherited and what can be cultivated through postmemory. Turtle blood tastes like mud and skunk cabbage, is bitter like iron and fear. These poems taste like summers used to sm...

The Divine Comedy: Inferno; Purgatorio; Paradiso (in One Volume); Introduction by Eugenio Montale - Hardcover

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by Dante Alighieri (Author), Allen Mandelbaum (Translator), Eugenio Montale (Introduction by)This Everyman's Library edition-containing in one volume all three cantos, Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso-includes an introduction by Nobel Prize--winning poet Eugenio Montale, a chronology, notes, and a bibliography. Also included are forty-two drawings selected from Botticelli's marvelous late-fifteenth-century series of illustrations.Translated in this edition by Allen Mandelbaum, The Divine Com...

William Wordsworth: Lyrical Ballads (1798)

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Report copyright infringementby Richard Gravil (Author)This book places Wordsworth's revolutionary poetic practice, in Lyrical Ballads, in the context of a revolutionary age. It considers Wordsworth's provocative theories of how poetry should work, and includes a treatment of the famous 'Preface' to Lyrical Ballads, one of the great poetic manifestos. The main part of the book offers illuminating commentary and questions on the poems, designed to encourage readers to accept Wordsworth's invit...

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Report copyright infringementby Diane B. Diggs (Author)A Heart of Praise was written because of a fervent desire to communicate God's love! I wrote my first poem in the late seventies, and it is called "A Child of God." I used to be an elementary school teacher, and I wrote this poem for my fourth graders. I have found so much joy praising God and writing poetry. I invite you to indulge in reading about topics such as baptism, communion, and the resurrection. It's my hope that you will accept...

The Gang: Coleridge, the Hutchinsons, and the Wordsworths in 1802

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Report copyright infringementby John Worthen (Author)"A Night or two after a worse Rogue there came, The head of the Gang, one Wordsworth by name . . ."--Coleridge, A Soliloquy of the full Moon, April 1802Over a dramatic six-month period in 1802, William Wordsworth, S.T. Coleridge, Wordsworth's sister Dorothy, and the two Hutchinson sisters Sara and Mary formed a close-knit group whose members saw or wrote to one another constantly. Coleridge, whose marriage was collapsing, was in love with ...

Purposely Driven Poems: The Rockefeller Collection Volume I

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Report copyright infringementby Bill Rockefeller (Author)The first poem was called BELIEVE. It was admired by people who encouraged me to continue. The next day GOD woke me at dawn to start writing. My workmanship for the lord was started. Three to four a day came out on paper written in pencil. Sparked by my Holy Spirit I have written hundreds. Later on, I found a way to speak them into my phone on beautiful landscapes. Asking of Google, I received many matching scriptures, and I started lea...

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Report copyright infringementby Victoria Wyttenberg (Author), Lana Hechtman Ayers (Editor)Art and personal family tragedy are canvases of this poet's remarkable collection, Too Heavy for Angels. These poems refer to art while creating profound portraits of of life's inalienable hardships and griefs but leaving the reader breathless with its beauty as well.In her book Too Heavy for Angels, Victoria Wyttenberg does the impossible: Celebrates life even when life includes unimaginable pain. With ...

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Report copyright infringementby Sotére Torregian (Author) Number of Pages: 34 Dimensions: 0.08 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: October 16, 2025